Abstract [en]

In this paper the gravity model is used to examine the determinants of the Swedish exports of goods to Sweden's five largest trade partners; Germany, Norway, Denmark, Finland and the United States for the period 2000-2014. Exports are an important foundation for economic growth in Sweden. The purpose was to gain knowledge about what affects the Swedish export of goods. The export of goods has in this study been explained with the help of GDP, population, distance, free trade agreements, common language, common land border and the financial crisis. This study did not succeed to account for which variables that impact the trade of goods in the Swedish economy by using the configuration of the gravity model. This study has therefore not contributed to an increased understanding of which factors that had led to increased trading conditions within the Swedish exports.